Eating a lot of processed meats like bacon or sausages is strongly linked to a higher chance of getting serious diseases like cancer, diabetes, and heart problems, and even dying earlier.

Eating processed meats like bacon or sausage is more likely to cause long-term health problems than eating plain red meats like steak, according to health studies.

Eating processed meats like bacon or sausages might raise your chances of dying from cancer or getting certain types of cancer, according to big studies that combine lots of research.

Eating processed meats like bacon and sausages might raise your risk of heart disease more the more you eat, because these foods contain chemicals that can trigger body inflammation, damage cells, and mess up your gut bacteria.

Eating processed meats like bacon and hot dogs might raise your risk of heart disease and diabetes more than eating plain red meat, probably because they have more salt and chemicals added to preserve them.

If you eat less processed meats like bacon and hot dogs, you might be less likely to get heart disease or diabetes—not because of the fat, but because of all the salt and chemicals in them.